Jeanetteka - Art and Glass

After the death of a loved one, we have the difficult task of living with the immense void created by our personal loss. We also need to get on with the business of living while trying to honour the memory of those whom we loved. For many of us, the natural tendency is to hang on to as much of the belongings of the departed as possible. You will know when the time has come for you to turn a corner of your grief journey and get on with the task to empty drawers and closets, and to deal with some of the personal items such as buttons, costume jewellery, sewing threads, and beads. What I am offering here is a meaningful way to remember a loved one, by incorporating those buttons, threads, beads or even old, but not forgotten, costume jewellery, into a wearable memorial, in the form of a customized grief bracelet. The picture shown is an "example" that has been decorated with a little over 50 mid century gold and black buttons of varying sizes, a few beads and then finall

Week before last I was solicited to donate work to an upcoming Annual Art Auction happening this March 28th at the Capital Theatre . It is for the  Northumberland Child Development Centre  which is a not-for-profit organization, also here in Port Hope. They  provide programs and services for children who require additional support in our community. I always get excited when embarking on work that will eventually be donated.  Designing and assembling the pieces is where all my time and effort went. These  bodacious  dazzling blue colours are spectacular and right on target for this year's spring fashion colours . I don't think I have ever done a bracelet with that many beads on it before, so it is truly a unique piece. The bracelet took the longest, but  I've been working on all three pieces for the past week.  I'm always wanting to please others with my work, or my creations. I have always been this way. I tend to express my love into beautiful objects and my surroundin

Perhaps I shouldn't mix business with my personal life, but its been over 9 months since my last post... I'd like to explain that exactly five days after my last post, my mother passed away unexpectedly. Everything changed. Its hard to fathom that millions of people go through this at least once in their lives, but it doesn't make it easier, just that I'm not alone.  In  her  memory, I'd like to share a drawing of her that I did many years back. It was my first project for an art class with  Peter Kolisnyk  at Glendon College. I didn't know until just this minute while searching  online  for his name, that he also passed away in 2009. It was not a bird course by any stretch of the imagination whatsoever. I had spent an entire week, maybe two, working on this drawing and hoping to "wow" Mr. Kolisnyk by showing him that I was a good and eager art student. I did receive my "A" but not without a lecture about originality first.  I wish I c